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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
7.7 M
70,000 people killed
Occurred on Saint's Day
250,000 inhabitants were in church -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
6 VEI
36,417 people killed
Force of 200 megatons of TNT
20 million tons of sulfur released -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
8.6 M
165-173 people killed
Tsunami length up to 138 ft
$26 million in damage -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
9.5 M
1,655 people killed
Rupture zone spread up to 621 miles along the coast -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
8.4-8.6 M
131 people killed
Two docks in town completely destroyed
Occurred at 5:36 PM -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
7.8 M
185 people killed
Epicenter was near Tomakomai at 35.0 km in depth -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
7 M
2,200 people killed
One of the deadliest tsunamis of the century
Maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
5.2 M
227,898 people killed
1.7 million people displaced
Affected 14 countries -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
8.1 M
149 people killed
Mostly children killed
15 km in depth -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
8.8 M
521 people killed
Affected Bolivia and Chile
$30 billion in damage -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
9.1 M
15,500 people killed
450,000 people became homeless
2,526 people missing -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
7.5 M
4,340 people killed
2.4 million people affected